Published on June 28, 2021 AHMEDABAD: When city-based diabetologists recently became the hosts of the Diabetes India 2021 conference, they decided to add zing to the virtual programme. The event also had the 11th World Diabetes Congress on the agenda involving over 4,000 doctors and experts from across the globe. Dr Banshi Saboo, a city-based … Continue reading In sync food delivery sweetens diabetologists’ e-meeting
Gujarat: Minds needing care feel at home
Published on June 20, 2021 Father's Day AHMEDABAD: Anand Dham at Adroda near Bavla today houses 60 persons – 45 men and 15 women of different ages. It’s not any colony though – it’s Gujarat’s first abode for the adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The philanthropic initiative is the dream project of two city-based … Continue reading Gujarat: Minds needing care feel at home
Days after kidney transplant, girl takes MCom exam in Ahmedabad
Published on June 2, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Shirin Bano Patel, 22, is hooked to the heart monitor and other medical instruments at a post-operative ward in a private hospital of Ahmedabad. But her eyes are fixed on the tablet in front of her as she focuses to answer the multiple-choice questions (MCQs). It's not a normal … Continue reading Days after kidney transplant, girl takes MCom exam in Ahmedabad
Gujarat: Recording of ICU sounds signals survival
Published on May 31, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Umang Shah still remembers the Covid ICU to which he was admitted, at a Vadodara hospital. He recalls the dimmed light. “The only sounds you hear, even when you are not able to move, are of the fellow patients’ laboured breathing and the beeps of ventilators and the occasional … Continue reading Gujarat: Recording of ICU sounds signals survival
Ahmedabad: Orphaned by Covid, teen wants to study further, fulfil dad’s wish
Published on May 28, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Jharna Parikh, 14, a resident of Naroda, is living with her maternal cousin Mihir Soni for the past one-and-a-half months. The class 8 student lost her father Atul and mother Mansi, both 60 years old, to Covid-19 in April. “My uncle and aunt died in succession on April 5 … Continue reading Ahmedabad: Orphaned by Covid, teen wants to study further, fulfil dad’s wish
Blind couple navigated life for 24 years, she saw death looming
Published on May 16, 2021 Part of Stories Behind Stats series Lalubhai with daughter Nishtha & wife Neela who died of Covid AHMEDABAD: Twenty-four years, two months, and eleven days — Labhubhai Sonani, a resident of Bhavnagar and a person with visual impairment, did not need a second to recall how long he had been … Continue reading Blind couple navigated life for 24 years, she saw death looming
Dr Hemant Leuva conquered Covid, Mount Everest is next
Published on May 10, 2021 AHMEDABAD: ‘The mountains are calling, and I must go,’ said famed American mountaineer and conservationist John Muir. Dr Hemant Leuva, a city-based surgeon and avid mountaineer, is living by the same philosophy. In fact, this professor of surgery at NHL Municipal Medical College has started his ascent of Mount Everest … Continue reading Dr Hemant Leuva conquered Covid, Mount Everest is next
A card for foster mothers
Published on May 09, 2021 Mother's Day AHMEDABAD: ‘When I was in Shishu Gruh, an aunty was there. I used to call her Kala Baa. She was like my mother. She took good care of me. I also remember Ritesh Uncle,’ read a letter sent by Kyara, 7, to Shishu Gruh in Paldi on the … Continue reading A card for foster mothers
These moms kept ambulances going
Published on May 9, 2021 Mother's Day Ahmedabad: Jaya Rathod, an emergency medical technician (EMT) with the EMRI 108 ambulance service, was on maternity leave when Covid broke last year. “I had delivered twins – Viha (girl) and Vihaan (boy) — in November 2019, and they were four months old. When we got to know … Continue reading These moms kept ambulances going
Gujarat: Mother’s Day New moms responding to call of duty & motherhood!
Published on May 09, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Valentina Christian, 54, is a diligent head nurse at the 1200-bed Covid facility at Civil Hospital. Managing nursing resources amid a flood of patients and rushing to the aid of critical patients is all part of the job daily. But as her shift ends, her heart fills with joy … Continue reading Gujarat: Mother’s Day New moms responding to call of duty & motherhood!
